Electric lamp for small firearms.



L. WEBB. f ELEOTBIG LAMP POR SQIIALL HREABMS.

' APILIOATIGK FILED JULY 26, 1913.

. Patnj May 5, 1914,

-- o'cers, an electric lamp operated by a batf 'curasrArENrfomC/j f Lamar LEE WEBB, or' sunnaoox raux,

To all z't may concern.' i i Be it known that I, ALBERT L. WEBB, a -citizenof the United States, residing at Sudbrook Park, inthe county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented.

certain new and vuseful Improvements in Electric Lamps for Small Firearms, of

' which the following is a speciication.-

One. object of the invention .is to provide for pistols, such as are carried by police tery andattached to the pistol, so that a person when exploring 'a dark place such as a room or cellar, may with one hand Eoint the pistol and at the same time by the ht of the electric lamp, ma have a view o the objects, leaving his ot er hand free for use.

. v an electric lamp operated by a battery, and

Another ob'ect of the invention is to combine .with -the sideof the barrel of a pistol means for readily attaching' the said 'lamp and battery to the pistol., w

. and battery of the lamp will enable the person holding the pistol to point or sight the weapon.

A The accompanying mneform for the embodiment of my in- -ventive idea. j

Figure 1 is'aside view of an ordinary pistol or revolver to which an electric lamp is shown attached. Fig. 2 is a f view 'showing the electric lam and battery and 'a longitudinal section of t eir inclosing i L caserltlie view bemlg on a scale larger. than 35 of the lamp-inclosing case on the line 3-3 shown. in Fig. 1. 1g. 3 is a cross-section of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 1s alivertical end-view all the various makes of pistols now in use.v

looking' at' the nozzle of the pistol-barrel, and at the lens of the lamp-inclosing'case,-

the parts bein shown on the same scale as the device in igs. 2 and 3.

In the ldrawing no endeavor. has been` --made at either accuracy'-orjcompleteness .of

detail in illustrating the structure 'of..`the

pistol."..

of thisinvention may be applied to any or Referring to the drawing, the numeral, 5,

designatcsthe barrel of' a pistol; 6, the' revo u ble cartridge chamber; and, 7, the hammer. The, numeral, 8, 'designates an electric lam 9, the storage battery ;-'10, a case that inc oses the lamp and battery. Y

Theend. 'o f therese has a clear specificati@ af nem recent. Akg application alec :my 26, 191e. serial no. 7s1,2 7s.

ereby the lightl drawing illustrates i It is contemplatedthat the improvement i ELECTRIC mueren simu. rrannnns;

lensmtigs a concave reflector, 12, the concave face being outward or toward the said lens. This reflector should have the quality or characteristic of .being-translucent, to per.-

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parent glass lens, 11, which may be secured Y m posltion by any suitable means, such as- 14; within the case and near vthe said mit the passage of a partei the light of the lamp, 8, and should preferably be white; the reflector is provided with a central hole oropenin'g, 13,- which permits the passage of the full rays of light of the said lamp.

Any suitable means may be used by which .the case' containing the lamp 'andibattery may be attachedto the pistol.vr 11n the present instance the lamp and battery-areshownattached to the pistol barrel, but they may be otherwise attached.. `Two clips, 15, are

employed; the shank 'endof theseclips are permanently secured to the case, 10, and the clips project therefrom; the clips are oppo- 1.. sitely curved to ada t `them to take on` the c lindric Aside of te pis l1l-barrel, 5,' as

rectly below the barrel, as t position not increase the inconvenience of; carrying the pistol in a pocket; another advantage is s own. I prefer to have he-case,10, dij' 80 i the straight line alng the top 'ofthe barrel is left clear for s' One feature oft is invention is the provision whereby a very slight'pull movement of the trigger, 16, w1l1 close the circuit and cause the electric light of the lamp, 8,.to-

glow. 'In carrying out this part of the 1n.-

ventive' idea, I attach one wire, 17, o f thel 'circuit to some convenient part oflthe metal frame, say at, 19, and the other wire, 18, of

the circuit is attached' tothe trigger guarfh,

20, and a vsuitably-shaped contact, 21, 1s

within said guard in proximity to the end -of the trigger, 16. It VWill all pistols has aslight free movement that m'dmaril does not affect the hammer, 7; .this slig t movement ofA the trigger is eunderstood that the-trigger of availed of by a gentle pull .of a linger of a, persons hand on the trigger, and thereby the trigger acts as a switch and comes in contact with piece, 21, and closes the elec tric circuit causing the lamp, 8, to show abright. glow. When the lamp is 1i hted a' e eleca.

portion of the full bright ra s of tric light passesthrong the ole, 13, in the reflector, 12, and' the modified..- or lmilder light passes vthe white trauslucenfsurface,

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" `12, and the" I fili- Both .ferns is' forward by p e concave shape o the re Hector and the lens, 11, to the object ATheA result visthat the translucent surface throws -a mild light ,on the object ,within the larger urea which 'of course'is greatly expanded the lens, 11, and the hole, V13 lin the re Hector throws a clear, bri ht light of much greater intensity but of esser area in the center of the nnld light The eiect 'of this light when used in any dark place, is greatly to theadvantage of the person holding the close the circuit an pistol.-

A v The inventive idea here disclosed includes the combinationwith akrearn that is fired by pulling a. trigger-such. as f'-pstel-f-of anelectriclamp, its o erating hattery,'an'd circuit wires thatin ude the suidetrigg'er,

wherebyf a slight on' the trigger will c ause the lamp to glow, and a further pull oirthetrigger` will '@-ulpisw1- ,t

Having thus described, invention what' The combination with a pistol barrel, of a. cylindrie case inclosing an electric lamp and battery and having fying lens, and sald case rovided intermediate the said lamp and ens' with a white translucent concave reiector to permit the tyler@ 'm'.- i A25 atltsendeclearmagni.A i

passage of a mild light and said translucent reflector having acentral hole which permitsv thepassage' of the full bright rays of li t, whereby the said ma fyng lens wlll throw the mild light of the translucent reflector eatlyexpanded, and also throw -the ffull light.

. -ijntestimhwhereof I aiix my sgnatmin, presence two witnesses.-

S. B. AusnahmeA "ALBERrLEE WEBB.V

right light .of lesser area but 5 Y greater intensity the center o-the mild. 

